TY  - BOOK
AU  - Koram,Kojo
TI  - Uncommon wealth: Britain and the aftermath of empire 
SN  - 9781529338645
AV  - DA16 .K68 2023
U1  - 325/.341 23
PY  - 2023///
CY  - London
PB  - John Murray
KW  - Decolonization
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Colonies
KW  - Décolonisation
KW  - Grande-Bretagne
KW  - Economic history
KW  - fast
KW  - British colonies
KW  - Diplomatic relations
KW  - History
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Relations extérieures
KW  - Conditions économiques
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-284) and index; Introduction: seeing the boomerang -- The state -- The company -- The border -- The debt -- The tax -- The city -- Conclusion: there is an alternative
N2  - "Britain didn't just put the empire back the way it had found it. In Uncommon Wealth, Kojo Koram traces the tale of how after the end of the British empire an interconnected group of well-heeled British intellectuals, politicians, accountants and lawyers offshored their capital, seized assets and saddled debt in former 'dependencies'. This enabled horrific inequality across the globe as ruthless capitalists profited and ordinary people across Britain's former territories in colonial Africa, Asia and the Caribbean were trapped in poverty. However, the reinforcement of capitalist power across the world also ricocheted back home. Now it has left many Britons wondering where their own sovereignty and prosperity has gone... Decolonisation was not just a trendy buzzword. It was one of the great global changes of the past hundred years, yet Britain - the protagonist in the whole, messy drama - has forgotten it was ever even there. A blistering uncovering of the scandal of Britain's disastrous treatment of independent countries after empire, Uncommon Wealth shows the decisions of decades past are contributing to the forces that are breaking Britain today"--Publisher's description
ER  -